A University of Helsinki study has investigated bacterial adhesion, survival and transmission on untreated and treated wood surfaces under both laboratory and field conditions. The laboratory work ...

High-fat diets allow gut bacteria to travel to the brain via the vagus nerve, potentially triggering neurological disorders.

Study finds passports carry far more bacteria than shoes or phones do during travel. The lab experiment revealed surprising hygiene risks in common travel items.

Scientists have created a genomic blueprint for Aeromonas bacteria, which can cause antibiotic-resistant diarrheal disease—with symptoms often misidentified as cholera—in humans and animals.

In infectious disease research, it is widely accepted that disrupting bacterial communication signals is beneficial. But this ...

Scientists are developing cancer-eating bacteria designed to grow inside oxygen-free tumors and attack cancer from within.

Scientists at Arizona State University have uncovered surprising new ways bacteria move, even without their usual whip-like propellers called flagella. In one study, E. coli and salmonella were found ...

Even a single course of antibiotics can change the gut microbiome long-term, according to a new study, with some drugs having ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are becoming harder to treat, pushing scientists to look for new antibiotic targets. Researchers have now discovered that several unrelated viruses disable a key bacterial ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have found two gut bacteria working together that contribute to chronic constipation. The duo, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, ...

Soil bacteria in ancient lama-bordo fields reveal bacteria capable of fertilizing crops and transforming sustainable rural agriculture.

Men are more susceptible than women to skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, but the biological basis for ...